Start your marriage off on the right financial footing. WINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM – MAY 18: Thomas Kingston and Lady Gabriella Windsor kiss as they leave St George’s Chapel after their wedding on May 18, 2019 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Pool/Max Getty Images Whether you are just getting married or have been married for years,
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“For the world’s wealthy, France remains the ultimate home away from home.” (Photo by Emeric Fohlen/NurPhoto) NurPhoto via Getty Images The number of British buyers of luxury property in France has dropped by 40% in less than five years due to Brexit and the weakening of the pound sterling. UK money now accounts for one
Singer John Legend at the PLUS launch event in New York City Tom Vickers Casper, the bed-in-a-box start-up that reached a $1 billion valuation selling mattresses over the internet, is getting more serious about providing customers better sleep. This week it launched a new line of melatonin and CBD-infused gummies in partnership with Plus Products,
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 23, 2019 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: FedEx — Shares of the shipping giant dropped more than 14% on the back of weak quarterly earnings. FedEx reported
TransferWise co-founders Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann. TransferWise Financial technology firm TransferWise booked a profit for the third year in a row, a rare show of growth for an industry littered with start-ups that have struggled to break even. The London-based company said on Wednesday that its net profit after tax climbed to £10.3 million
Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images It’s an email every financial advisor should expect to receive at least once. Financial advisor Charles Failla recalls receiving an email from a client asking for about $5,000. She was vacationing in the Caribbean and claimed the hotel where she was staying didn’t accept credit cards. “She needed cash,”
This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. DoubleLine Capital CEO and longtime bond investor Jeffrey Gundlach said Wednesday that the odds of a recession before the 2020 presidential election are rising. “I think the economic data has gotten a little bit better, yet I still think, when we put it all together … it seems
Like vast wealth, the view from the 123rd floor of the tallest apartment building in the world can quickly warp your perspective on life. At nearly 1,400 feet, looking down on the Empire State Building, you aren’t just above New York City – you lord over it. Cars become toys and people become dots. Central
Marijuana for sale on a cannabis tour organized by L.A.-based Green Tours, January 24, 2019. (Photo credit ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Images OK, let’s get past all the jokes about aging Baby Boomers revisiting their youth and getting stoned. As the medical and recreational use of marijuana grows across the country, older adults are increasingly either
Daymond John Photo by Greg Doherty As the U.S.-China trade war continues to evolve, many small business owners are growing increasingly unsettled by a fickle economy and fearful of what some believe is a looming recession. A recent CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey found that confidence among small business owners has dropped to its lowest level
Grandfather and grandson walking on the country road freemixer | E+ | Getty Images Apparently, your rich grandpa can’t donate his fortune to charity in peace. While handing off wealth to the next generation is a major component of estate planning, few people discuss their philanthropic goals with their heirs. Indeed, 8 out of 10
Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column addresses denial of a restricted application for spousal benefits only, whether benefits for an ex impact a decision to remarry, the possibility of voluntarily ending disability, reinstating retirement benefits at
The North Pole Igloos, where you can now stay for $105,000 for one night. Photo courtesy of Luxury Action Travelers are taking things to the extremes these days, whether it’s paying $80,000 to stay in a luxury hotel in Antarctica or having a one-of-a-kind hotel built just for them in the remotest parts of the earth. Now, people looking for
An interview with value investor and author, Joel Greenblatt. In this interview, Joel discusses where he thinks the market is and how he values a stock. Joel also talks about the future of value investing and the importance of patience in waiting for the market to move to a valuation. ???? Books by Joel Greenblatt
Large banking institutions face the risk of failure if interest rates in Europe continue to stay negative, an economist told CNBC after the European Central Bank cut rates last week. “I think there are big questions to banking sector profitability,” global chief economist of the Economist Intelligence Unit, Simon Baptist, said Friday. The ECB on
Fans of hit TV series Downton Abbey now have the opportunity to live like a “Lord or Lady” for a night at the prestigious stately home. To mark the release of the “Downton Abbey” movie, the owners of Highclere Castle — the set of the BBC’s iconic period drama — have listed their home on
If some financial advisors seem to know clients’ needs before they do, there’s a good chance software is part of the reason. Financial technology — or fintech, for short — has increased competition in the advice business via automated online platforms. Yet at the same time, advisors have found that those digital advances have bolstered
Robert Bakish, chief executive officer of Viacom International Media Networks, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. The event, which generates several hundred million euros in revenue for the city of Barcelona each year, also means the world for a week turns its
Many women are aware that a woman in the U.S. generally makes about 80 cents to each dollar a man earns. Much of that shortfall has been explained by criteria such as education and work experience — women are more likely to work part time and take time off over the course of their careers,
KM4 | Getty Images They brew beer, make musical instruments, publish children’s books and design headphones. Their industries are diverse, but they all have something in common: They represent American small and medium-sized businesses that rely on China either for production or essential equipment. And they are dreading President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs